Mira agreed to be introduced as Rodney's girlfriend to his grandmother. None of them realized that they made their lives chaotically intertwined and tangled to each other when the older woman liked Mira and pursued to get them married.

How can Rodney trust her when she has pretensions of her own?

And how can Mira let him go when their expiration date comes, if the only way to let him go is to cut herself open and leave her heart bleeding?

Substitute Lover

“Lola, are you happy? Your favorite grandchild, whom you love more than me, is visiting you together with me,” Rodney said, talking to Lola. 


“That’s not true,” I countered. “You know she loves you more than anyone.” 


“Yeah? Do you know why she didn’t file our marriage contract? It’s because of you. She didn’t want you to be trapped in our marriage if you are not happy. She wanted you to have the option to leave me and look for the person who could make you happy.” 


“Yeah. So she left me with the burden of deciding for your fate. What am I to do? I didn’t want to make you miserable by keeping you beside me even if you don’t love me. But I also didn’t want to let you go.” 


I stared at him, trying to read the truth from his face. 


From looking at Lola’s epitaph, he turned his gaze towards me. 


CHAPTER 38: FINALE